Laird BL620-US Quick Start Manual Download Page 1

BL620-US

 

D

ONGLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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G

ETTING 

S

TARTED 

 

Quick Start Guide  

v1.2 

I

NTRODUCTION

 

The goal of this document is to explain how to install the BL620-US dongle for use on your PC. 

R

EQUIREMENTS

 

The following equipment and utilities are required: 

 

BL620-US Dongle 

 

Windows PC (Windows 7 or newer) 

 

UwTerminal (Windows) – free download from www.lairdtech.com 

The BL620-US dongle has a Segger J-Link chip on board; when you connect the dongle to your computer, it 
searches for the relevant driver which can be obtained from 

http://www.segger.com/jlink-software.html

. You need 

the serial number printed on the underside of your dongle next to the text SEGGER # to be able to download the 
driver from the Segger website. 

I

NSTALLATION 

 

1.

 

Connect the dongle to your PC. 

2.

 

With the J-Link driver installed, wait until Windows finishes installing device driver software.  

3.

 

Check that the device is listed in the Device Manager. See

 Figure 1

.  

Note:  The JLink UART port number varies on different computers. 

 

Figure 1: BL620-US as shown in Device Manager 

Summary of Contents for BL620-US

Page 1: ...www lairdtech com The BL620 US dongle has a Segger J Link chip on board when you connect the dongle to your computer it searches for the relevant driver which can be obtained from http www segger com jlink software html You need the serial number printed on the underside of your dongle next to the text SEGGER to be able to download the driver from the Segger website INSTALLATION 1 Connect the dong...

Page 2: ...tps laird ews support desk com and login credential will be required Customers should visit the website to submit the request 1 Connect the dongle to your PC 2 Send at i 8 to ensure the correct com port is opened 3 The upgrade package is provided as a zip file so decompress it into a new folder of your choice The form of the file name is BL620_R2_Firmware_ _Samples_smartBASIC_Apps_vW_X_Y_Z rN wher...

Page 3: ...44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 4 J Link firmware update dialog 6 Click Yes to update the J Link firmware The BL620 US firmware upgrade process resumes automatically and displays a command prompt box 7 When the upgrade is finished the console window displays the following 8 Press any key to proceed 9 Send at i 3 to confirm the firmware has been upgraded ...

Page 4: ... command if you are in command mode OR to invoke the reset function from a smartBASIC application If you are using the cmd sample app to interact with peripherals and if it is running an additional way to achieve a reset is to send the stop command This aborts the application and the BL620 is placed in command mode You can then submit the ATZ command to reset it FURTHER INFORMATION Further informa...

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